Ocoee tour companies?

I'm going to be going down the Ocoee for the first time in a couple
years and I was wondering if people had any recommendations for good
companies to go through? I remember not liking USA Raft and getting a
really bad guide through another...It'll be my fourth ride on the
Ocoee but my mother's first so I want to make sure we get a good one.
I've also been thinking of trying out those...what are they called,
funyaks? If anyone has any experience with them, could you tell me if
it would be a bad idea for people who aren't in uber-great shape?

Any recommendations/warnings would be great. Thank you!

-Coru

I went down the Ocoee in a funyak a few years ago. I was probably
about 40 then. It was enough fun that I took up kayaking. My wife and
kids were on a large raft, and I took our 11 year old and 9 year old
daughters into the funyak for short portions of the trip. I do recall
getting
the kids back onto the raft before we hit the some of the later rapids.

I'm pretty much in the same shape as most regular technology industry
guys. I do athletic things at sales meetings when I'm not partying,
or sometimes while I am partying. I am healthy, but certainly not
'uber-anything'.

If you meet the qualifications specified by your outfitter to ride a
funyak, you'll almost certainly have a great time. I sure did.

Enjoy

"Coru" <jedically DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > I'm going to be going down the Ocoee for the first time in a couple
 > years and I was wondering if people had any recommendations for good
 > companies to go through? I remember not liking USA Raft and getting a
 > really bad guide through another...It'll be my fourth ride on the
 > Ocoee but my mother's first so I want to make sure we get a good one.
 > I've also been thinking of trying out those...what are they called,
 > funyaks? If anyone has any experience with them, could you tell me if
 > it would be a bad idea for people who aren't in uber-great shape?
 >
 > Any recommendations/warnings would be great. Thank you!
 >
 > -Coru<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->